Buddhism in the Czech Republic
- Buddhism in the Czech Republic
The mixture of Ancestor Worship, Confucianism, Taoism and foremost Mahayana Buddhism is the predominant religion of Vietnamese people (about 2/3 to 3/4 of total Buddhist numbers in the Czech Republic) and they are also the biggest Asian community in the Czech Republic (estimate over 45,000 [http://www.czech.cz/en/news/domestic-news/czech-vietnamese-community-flourishing/] ,2007's estimate) Vietnamese people live mostly in cities as Prague and Cheb. The Czech Republic’s first Vietnamese style temple, Thien An Buddhist pagoda, opened in January 2008 in the northern Czech province of Varnsdorf. The pagoda, which was completed in September 2007, will also serve as a Vietnamese culture and language teaching centre for the Czech Vietnamese community [http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?catid=12&newsid=35384] .
Remains of Buddhists including a small number of Chinese people and a significant moderate number of Czechs have converted to Tibetan Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism mostly. There is also a growing number of Vajrayana (or Diamond way) practitioners centered mainly in Nyingma and Kagyu schools, Karma Kagyu having about 50 centers and meditation groups.
And it could make at least 0.5% Czech Republic's population is Buddhists or over 50 thousand Buddhists.
See more details in articles of Vietnamese Czechs or Demographics of the Czech Republic
There are tens of Buddhist places in the Czech Republic [http://www.buddhanet.net/wbd/country.php?country_id=58]
References
* [http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,5874,0,0,1,0 Czech Republic first Buddhist temple opens]
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